We all have choices about how much effective time we put into what we want. In job searching, beat your competition using your research, marketing and networking time, if you choose to invest it wisely; get yourself to opportunities that the more passive candidates would not.
For some people weekends are all about rest and socializing, but when you are job-hunting those extra hours, while many potential unhappy employees try to forget what they are unhappy about, how do the motivated ones use their time to make the difference? How to use your weekends effectively as a job hunter? 1. Prepare for any upcoming Interviews 2. Research for Open Market Vacancies 3. Identify more Target Companies 4. Sort out your Networking opportunities 5. Update something / Get noticed 1. Prepare for any upcoming Interviews There is little more important to a job hunter than taking full advantage of the opportunities you have already created. If you have Interviews already lined up:
2. Research for Open Market Vacancies To find more Vacancies you need to know where they are advertised or held, and how to find the companies and agencies advertising.
3. Identify more Target Companies If you can find where the Open Market Vacancies are, so can other Candidates… Identifying target Companies and Agencies to approach directly as “speculative” applications demonstrates a higher level of proactiveness.
4. Sort out your Networking Weekends are the perfect time to identify and reach out to those you may not have had time to speak with all week. Most people attack their mailbox first thing on Mondays, so they’ll be more likely to get back to you before they get busy for the rest of the week. Allocate time to network on 3 levels:
5. Update something / Get noticed People don’t always notice what is in front of them, but they do usually notice things that have changed.
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Are you an Entrepreneur or Corporate Refugee?
Do you aspire to run your own business and hope for enormous satisfaction from the entrepreneurial opportunity, or simply looking at running your own business as a fresh start? I don’t think there is a secret ingredient to being a successful Entrepreneur and business owner, but those that are successful need a combination of an appropriate opportunity combined with a well thought out plan, finance and support. Before you quit the corporate world make sure you have a viable, thought through proposition and everything else that it is going to take to make it successful. Are you an Entrepreneur or Corporate Refugee? 1. Why are you leaving corporate life? 2. What is your business plan? 3. How are your finances? 4. What skills and experience resource support is available? 5. How will you know to action your backup plan? 1. Why are you leaving corporate life? Are you really ready to be looking for the entrepreneurial move, or are you just unhappy or unsuccessful in your current circumstance? People only leave their existing company for 1 of 2 reasons:
2. What is your business plan? Here are only some of the questions you need to be on top of. Your business plan must be thought through, researched and fully developed before you take the step. Optimism is not the core part of an effective business plan. Brand new ideas that make money are rare, but they are there, but only likely to be successful if you can answer honestly these important questions:
3. How are your finances?
Every business has 2 fundamental realities; there is always a time lag between concept and delivery, and there is always a cost to be borne between delivery and payment received. A brilliant business that runs out of cash flow is not a brilliant business; build that fact into your business plan before you commit.
4. What skills and experiences support is available? Sales, Marketing, Accounting, Supply & Logistics, IT, Creative and PR are needed for any new business. Before committing to leaving your corporate life you should appreciate how many roles you might have to fulfill, or be prepared to pay others for, if you haven’t, or can’t, develop them yourself.
5. How will you know to action your backup plan? Some things just don’t work out. Most will wish you success initially, but will the honeymoon period last? There are arguments that if you are not committed then you might not invest 100% of yourself, but the sensible choice is to have a backup plan.
“Success does not come to those that wait, but to those that take the right opportunity and work” Good luck! |
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